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>I have a feeling that a low double-digit percent of jobs will permanently convert to remote or partial remote after this experience. I am hesitant to draw too
by slg 7y ago
>I have a feeling that a low double-digit percent of jobs will permanently convert to remote or partial remote after this experience.
I am hesitant to draw too many conclusions from this work at home experience because the pandemic is providing so many complicating factors that end up distorting both the benefits and downsides of working from home. Some examples to mind:
* It often is a benefit to get out of a distracting office, but now people are at home being distracted by kids who would otherwise be in school under normal circumstances.
* Work from home allows people the freedom to work form wherever they want. Now we are all stuck at home.
* Every company is being forced to be a remote-first organization so there is no face to face communication happening in the office that someone working from home might miss.
* The pandemic takes a mental toll on everyone. Many of us are probably not as productive right now as we would be otherwise and that has nothing to do with working form home, but will that decreased productivity be blamed on working from home?
- Tade0 7y agoHere's another angle: office space is also a (significant at times) cost and some companies may be low on cash soon.
- cosmodisk 7y agoWon't change a thing- they are all tied into long term contracts..
- unicornfinder 7y agoIndeed - my company has wanted to reduce office space for a while now but we're in something like a six year contract.
- jlarocco 7y agoI was thinking about this the other day, and came to a similar conclusion. I've been working fully remote for 18 months now, and the last few weeks have been unusual and more isolating than normal due to everything being closed. No coffee shops, no library, no working lunches, etc. I suppose it's a smaller jump for me than most people, so I'm not complaining, but it's definitely a misrepresentation of WFH.
- abdullahkhalids 7y agoSo all these cons will disappear after the pandemic, so it will be even easier to negotiate WFH. "Look I was 90% productive during the pandemic, but that was because of the kids, now I will be 105% productive."
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